At 12:00 PM in Łódź, an election convention will be held for Karol Nawrocki, the presidential candidate supported by PiS.

At 2:00 PM in Warsaw, a picnic will commence as part of the millennium celebrations of the coronation of Bolesław the Brave, the first king of Poland. Around 2:30 PM, an F-16 flyover is scheduled, and at 6:00 PM – a historical parade.

The event has been placed under the honorary patronage of the Prime Minister. Subsequently, at 8:00 PM, a concert will begin, and around 9:30 PM – a multimedia spectacle featuring the largest drone show in Polish history.

At 3:30 PM in Poznań, a rally will take place with the participation of the Mayor of Warsaw and Civic Platform's presidential candidate, Rafał Trzaskowski.

– I came because this is an extremely important moment for me. Both for me, as President of the Republic of Poland, and for me, as simply a citizen, your colleague, your friend. An extremely important moment for the President of the Republic of Poland, because the moment is extremely important for Poland, and Poland, the interests of the Republic of Poland and all of us, its inhabitants and citizens, is the most important thing that the President of the Republic of Poland must look after – stated President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– In so many places, this communication exclusion has been eliminated. Today, presidents from all over the world are visiting, because you know how many of them travel from Warsaw towards the border with Ukraine. Over these last 3 years, during the Russian aggression against Ukraine, how many of them have gone to Kyiv and how many of them have also traveled through Poland by car, and they all tell me: Andrzej, your roads are incredible. And I remember what the roads were like in 2015 – stated President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki’s convention.

– I am here also to take this opportunity, during the ongoing presidential election campaign, which in a sense is also my farewell after 10 years, to thank you all from the bottom of my heart – said President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– To thank you for that 2014, 2015 year once again, for that invaluable, great, wonderful, extraordinary support. From the initial amazement when President Jarosław Kaczyński and the leadership of PiS nominated me as a presidential candidate, through all those days of calm, consistent struggle for every vote – he continued.

– People see that serious modernization of the Polish army has begun. Not stories about the Polish army being strong someday, but concrete, decisive purchases. Only filling the ranks in the army, only developing further branches of the military, only restoring military units where they were liquidated by the previous PO-PSL governments. This is the truth – stated President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki’s convention.

– I listen today when Donald Tusk talks, as he did recently in Gniezno, that Poland's security, which he is building, will be a pillar. God willing, may God grant that this man fulfills the tasks Poland has undertaken and those contracts that Poland [signed] during the rule of the United Right, because as of now, I still don't see the production of K2 tanks with the Koreans in Poland, which should have started long ago. For some reason, it's still not happening – stated President Andrzej Duda at the convention of Karol Nawrocki.

– The deficit is growing because, as you know, VAT collection is falling. When I hear in this context about building Poland's economic prosperity as a second pillar, I wonder if building this economic prosperity will mean that the richest will pay lower contributions for healthcare, and healthcare will be restricted, even though only the poorest will pay for it? And even then, it won't be sufficient because funding for healthcare will decrease for a very simple reason. There will simply be no money in the budget, just as there wasn't last year – stated President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– Today, they pretend not to see that, contrary to the law, contrary to the decision of the National Electoral Commission (PKW), one of the main parties in Poland, currently an opposition party, has been deprived of funding. Funds are being withheld from PiS today in an absolutely illegal manner. I have no doubt that this is being done on the orders of Donald Tusk, executed by the Minister of Finance, while those European institutions, which are full of catchphrases about the rule of law, remain silent – stated President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– Look at what is happening in Poland today, public media are being taken over by physical force, the Deputy Prosecutor General, the National Prosecutor, is being expelled from his office by force, de facto public force. He is being replaced by someone appointed entirely contrary to any regulations, bypassing the law, based on some decree of the Prime Minister, as he himself claims – stated President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– Ladies and gentlemen, we can laugh about this, and lawyers are laughing about it, but essentially it is a tragedy for the Republic that today prominent politicians, Donald Tusk, go to the media and talk about the rule of law, dare to say that this is restoring the rule of law, and tragically, the liberal-left European elites either agree with them or pretend not to see it – he added.

– Not only you, Karol, must, because I've already told Dr. Nawrocki that just a moment ago. I already told him that, and before that too. I've already said it. I am here and I stand here to say that you must. You must mobilize yourselves, just as you mobilized yourselves in 2015, and then in 2020. You must hang even more banners, make one more round of visits to your neighbors, organize one more meeting, go out once more and distribute election materials, go to your close acquaintances, friends, and talk to them again – stated President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– And have the courage to say these simple things everywhere, that free media must be defended, because they are trying to liquidate them right now, they are trying to strip them of their licenses. Through the arrangements we fought against for 8 years – stated President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– These are elections whose legitimacy is at risk, precisely because of the trickery the other side is engaging in, their cynicism and baseness, their claims that the Supreme Court's Chamber of Control is illegal, when it is precisely that chamber that must approve the validity of the elections – stated President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– Ordinary civil servants are being detained, women, treated like people involved in organized crime, handcuffed hand and foot. Women who worked, performed regular office work for the Polish state. They carry out tasks entrusted to them within the public administration. And who is doing this? It's being done by a man who was recently the Ombudsman; he is directly responsible for this, but we know very well on whose orders this is being carried out – said President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– These few [media outlets], which have the courage to speak out, are being silenced. And I have stated clearly and unequivocally: I, Andrzej Duda, having the same rights as you to go to the elections and cast my vote, I will vote for Karol Nawrocki in these elections, because I believe that he is a man who will strive and do everything to ensure that Poland is an honest, strong state, also on the international stage – stated President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– [We need] A President who will build the Euro-Atlantic relationship, who will be a wise politician, who does not hurl insults at candidates for American president. In a situation where transatlantic ties are so fundamental, and in a situation where all the great European leaders are almost on their knees around the President of the United States, this company dares to insult a man who held this office and was likely to hold it again, that is sheer dilettantism – stated President Andrzej Duda at Karol Nawrocki’s convention.

– This extremely important support today is nothing other than an expression of care for Polish interests. Because it is precisely Poland's interest that is at stake in these elections. And this interest is understood both in relation to Poles as individuals, their standard of living, their wallets, these simplest but nevertheless so important matters, but also understood as something that refers to the community, to the state, to the future, to future generations – stated Jarosław Kaczyński at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– They want to take everything from us – our economic achievements, including those related to Polish families, our social achievements, but they also want to take our rights, our democracy, our freedom, our dignity, and finally our independence, our state – stated Jarosław Kaczyński at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– We can indeed win this fight, but we must also remember that the commitment to this fight, the commitment we then called 'biting the grass', must be repeated. This is our duty – stated Jarosław Kaczyński at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– If we want to fulfill not a party obligation, but a national, patriotic, Polish duty, we must get involved, and I repeat, only through the involvement of everyone. Without this commitment, truly full and total determination, it will not be possible to achieve what is absolutely necessary for our homeland, for Poland, today – he added.

– Who warned about Russia? Who intervened in defense of Georgia? Who pointed to the dangers of Nord Stream 1 and 2? And who said that a reset of the agreement with the FSB was needed? That Nord Stream 1 and 2 were simply ordinary private business ventures, etc., etc.? Who crawled, if not on their knees, then on all fours before Russia? I no longer know which is better. Who began to seriously care about the security of Poles? Yes, Lech Kaczyński undertook this, but he didn't manage to [finish it], he died, and afterwards there was a break, a collapse, a reduction of the army – stated Jarosław Kaczyński at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– Who blocked the migration pact for years, and who signed it immediately after coming to power? We blocked it, Prime Minister Morawiecki, who was here and blocking it, is sitting here, and they, I repeat, just came to power and adopted it – stated Jarosław Kaczyński at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– Who proclaimed a revolution under the rainbow flag here? Who turned Polish theaters into places of strange and often downright vulgar spectacles, and who criticized it, even while allowing it because there is freedom and we respect freedom. And who today is suddenly putting down that flag and simultaneously dressing up as a conservative, a defender of values, a guardian of values? Who? – stated Jarosław Kaczyński at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– Who started taking the security of Poles seriously? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Lech Kaczyński undertook this, but he didn't manage to finish it, he died, but then there was a break, then there was a collapse, then there was a reduction of the army, a 90-thousand-strong army that was supposed to defend the Vistula line – Jarosław Kaczyński said at Karol Nawrocki's convention.

– Who started serious armaments and serious building of the Polish army? We started this process, we said that deceiving people with 50 billion or 50-something billion for the army is a joke, not any significant spending, that buying a few helicopters is also a joke, not any strengthening of the Polish army. We started this, and we were able to secure the funds for it, despite crises – he added.

– I will choose a president above divisions, a president for all Poles, whom he will care for as if they were his own family. I know that when he becomes president, he will have less time for the family, but as a customs and tax officer, I am very well aware of how important service to the state is, and I will support him in this, – stated Marta Nawrocka at Karol Nawrocki’s convention.

– We are going for a victory for Poland on May 18th. Once again, proving, as the late President Lech Kaczyński wrote, we are going together with your, our faith and hope, to prove that it is worthwhile to be Polish. This is what these elections are about – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– Today, he is one of the last strongholds of our security, common sense, and normalcy in our state, in Donald Tusk's state, which is nothing more than a growling democracy, and the President of the Republic of Poland is the last stronghold of this state and of normalcy – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– Our meeting today is special, exceptionally so for me, and I think also for all of you, for all of us. Because today, I was endorsed by the President of the Republic of Poland, Mr. Andrzej Duda, a man who in 2015 walked the very same path that I am walking today towards my victory. A man who helped me so much during the election campaign, sharing his experiences – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– We are thinking about the Poland of our tomorrow, but aware that we will not allow the directors of national amnesia, those who want to take away our history and memory, to do so, because our greatness is written there. Our ambitions, our values. Mr. Prime Minister Donald Tusk, you will not take our past, and we will boldly enter the future because we know who we are – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– What is important is that on May 18th, a product of a political laboratory, assembled from poll data, and Rafał Trzaskowski, appointed for Donald Tusk, will clash in the elections, and facing him will be a man of flesh and blood, chosen by Poles and appointed for Poles. This has significance – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– I don't want a truck to drive into those at a Christmas market. I don't want an illegal migrant wielding a knife on a playground where children are playing. I do not agree with this – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– It matters that one of these candidates has never been and will never be a hostage of any political party; he will be a hostage of Polish women and men, while the other is not only a hostage of businessmen and developers here in Poland but also of Mr. Soros and German foundations, and we want freedom and sovereignty – Karol Nawrocki said at the convention.

– We must build relations with the USA and Poland's potential in NATO, not insult the US President by calling him a Russian agent. We should not send someone who is not accepted there to the post in Washington – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– I am now addressing those who are not in the hall, who may be watching or listening to us. Dear ladies and gentlemen, are you truly ready to surrender the security of the Polish state to the environment that liquidated 600 military units when they were in power before? Are you truly ready to surrender the security of the Polish state to those who established the defense line on the Vistula, saying that eastern Poland does not exist and we will not defend it? This is the alternative on May 18th. Poland secure or Poland in danger – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– For me, security is important, not whether I'm praised in Berlin or Brussels, and on the other hand, there's finalizing migration pacts and letting everyone in – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– My main rival has already sent forth all of Poland, everyone. More cities, more groups, he keeps sending them forth. Everyone will be sent forth until the end of the election campaign, except him – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– I will defend the Polish zloty and Polish cash. We cannot count on the support of an unstable rival. May 18th is also a choice between two philosophies and ideas concerning our development. I want an ambitious Poland, a Poland full of aspirations, a Poland that can afford regional, local investments and those large ones, such as CPK (Central Communication Port), a Polish nuclear power plant – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– My license for security as a future commander-in-chief of the armed forces is to fulfill even those arms contracts that are not liked by the European Union, because they want to build an arms industry in France or Germany. We need equipment from South Korea and the United States; we need both HIMARS and K2s – Karol Nawrocki said at a convention.

– Poles cannot be afraid. We cannot be afraid; we need a president who will make us fearless, who will make us unafraid to express our values. We will not be afraid to show symbols that are important to us, including the symbol of the cross. We cannot be afraid that they will take away the freedom to watch the television we choose. We cannot be afraid of this, and with me, you will not be afraid, because I will be your voice – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– On an issue as important as social benefits, we cannot afford such a hypothetical scenario. The games and betting commission has met, Prime Minister Donald Tusk heads the games and betting commission, the games and betting commission spontaneously nods, the lottery machine drum is empty, the machine is started, and the number 67 pops out of this machine, and that's how much Poles will work, if Rafał Trzaskowski's machine draws the number 67, and not 13 and 14, then there will be no 13th and 14th pensions – stated Karol Nawrocki at the convention.

– We cannot agree to this; we need a guardian of social order in Poland, not someone who has no opinion on any matter – he added.

– “It cannot be that cynicism and nastiness win in Poland” – President Duda said today. Full agreement. We will finish what we started on October 15. Goodbye – Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on social media.

„Nie może być tak, że w Polsce wygrywa cynizm i draństwo” – powiedział dziś prezydent Duda. Pełna zgoda. Dokończymy to, co zaczęliśmy 15X. Do widzenia.

— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) April 27, 2025

– It once seemed unimaginable that we would catch up with the Germans. Today, it is within reach of the generation that has already been born. We just need to do it intelligently, neither timidly nor presumptuously – stated Radosław Sikorski at a rally in Poznań.

– We need a president who, in this relay of generations, will contribute to our success in this modernization race with other countries, which never ends. We need a president who cooperates with the government, not one who throws a spanner in the works. Someone who represents the country well and does not bring it shame – stated Radosław Sikorski at a rally in Poznań.

– I guarantee you that President Trzaskowski will not tell the US Vice President that he is his 'friend in dick' – stated Radosław Sikorski at a rally in Poznań.

– I understand that with each week that brings us closer to the end of his term, the fight for a pardon for not appointing judges to the Constitutional Tribunal properly is intensifying. Poland needs a different president than the one it has had so far. It needs a president who is experienced, predictable, at home in Europe, patriotic, and at the same time modern. Poland needs President Trzaskowski – stated Radosław Sikorski at a rally in Poznań.

– President Andrzej Duda, who said that this European Union is essentially a source of threats, that it is an attempt at domination by the stronger, insinuating that those who want to participate in it are, as is often said in that formation, servants of foreign interests – stated Radosław Sikorski at a rally in Poznań.

– Not everyone who speaks most about patriotism truly serves the fatherland well. Representatives of today's opposition will say so today, but it's not about us; after all, we are suspicious of Putin, of Russia, and the Targowica [Confederation] handed Poland over to Catherine [the Great] in a pact. That's not the point; Putin doesn't need you to love him or Russia; it's enough for Putin that you are anti-Western – he added.

– Looking at you right now, it is then that I can say with full conviction that I am your candidate, a civic candidate. And it is precisely you who are providing the strength here in Poznań. I remember what it was like in 2020, there were far fewer of us then, but many, many of you trusted me – stated Rafał Trzaskowski at a rally in Poznań.

– I stand here today not only as Rafał's wife, but as a woman and, above all, as the mother of Ola and Staś. I think, like every mother, I wake up and fall asleep thinking about them, about their plans, school, relationships with peers, about the sorrows and joys that accompany them every day. I am full of concern about how their future will unfold in such a dynamically changing world, and it is precisely the future of our children, the future of all Polish children, that is at stake in these elections – stated Małgorzata Trzaskowska at a rally in Poznań.

– This is the stake of these elections: whether we choose a president who will be president of only one tribe, or a president who will be president of all Polish women and men, of the entire nation – stated Rafał Trzaskowski at a rally in Poznań.

– Jarosław Kaczyński came to the convention, placed the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, in front of him, and then placed Karol Nawrocki behind him, after himself. And he didn't feel any embarrassment, nothing inappropriate about it. And today, it is about clearly stating that there is no agreement for another President of the Republic of Poland to be a puppet of Kaczyński. And I tell you, at that moment, I remembered what we were shouting 5 years ago. No agreement on another Kaczyński puppet. We've had enough – stated Rafał Trzaskowski at a rally in Poznań.

– And I will say only one thing today to those who spoke in Łódź, because I don't want to talk about them. I will say only one thing to Kaczyński and Nawrocki. You simply have to like people – stated Rafał Trzaskowski at a rally in Poznań.

– All schools must be for all children; it’s so obvious, but it’s worth reminding that we want to build a Poland for everyone, not just for their own, like PiS does – stated Rafał Trzaskowski at a rally in Poznań.

– As I hear, such words reached us today from Łódź. They will take everything from us, which shows the mentality of that side. They only think about someone taking their money, someone taking their positions, someone taking their opportunities to do shady deals, someone taking their opportunities to flaunt their complexes, someone taking away those loudmouths who were only engaged in inciting hatred and propaganda. They cry about that, well then I’ll tell you, no one misses you – he continued.

– It is worth recalling these values and remembering them. Solidarity, tolerance, empathy. We all saw Pope Francis's funeral. And he made it clear that there is no faith without empathy, just as there is no politics without values, because politics without values becomes pure cynicism, a fight for power. And that does not interest me, nor does it interest you. We need politics built on empathy and values – stated Rafał Trzaskowski at a rally in Poznań.

– Let us not be afraid of grand words. Today, we need politics built on love for all our compatriots. We desperately need values now, because these are challenging times – stated Rafał Trzaskowski at a rally in Poznań.

– I want to tell you clearly, returning for a moment to what we have seen. Today, above all, we need a President of the Republic of Poland who is an arbiter of Polish disputes. Today, we do not need a President of the Republic of Poland who is solely Jarosław Kaczyński's companion, either from the left or the right – stated Rafał Trzaskowski at a rally in Poznań.

– Until now, viewers of the liquidated TVP, as well as other stations, have not had the opportunity to get to know the real Karol Nawrocki. Many times over the last six months, Karol Nawrocki was falsely portrayed on TVP; a negative image of Karol Nawrocki was presented there, and Rafał Trzaskowski and his team decided to organize a debate during so-called prime time where, for 3 hours, Nawrocki could show viewers of the liquidated TVP and other stations who he truly is as a candidate – stated Paweł Szefernaker on TV Republika.

– We have a campaign planned for every day. I know that not everyone always believed that the stages of this campaign were leading in the right direction, but from the very beginning, we have been running a campaign for victory. That is the plan, that is the strategy, and we knew that the last month is the most important in the campaign – stated Paweł Szefernaker on TV Republika.

– On May 3rd, the annual March of the Constitution of May 3rd, a major event organized by Poles in Chicago. Karol Nawrocki will visit the Polish diaspora in America and participate in this event. This is one of those events that we announced for the coming days, but just as today's convention was a surprise for many of our sympathizers, many Poles, in terms of its form, how it looked, how it was executed, we plan to surprise more than once in this campaign – stated Paweł Szefernaker on TV Republika.

– Karol Nawrocki must indeed go beyond the electorate of just one party. He must behave exactly like Andrzej Duda, and I think that Andrzej Duda, his appearance, what was most important in that appearance? His very presence. This is because President Duda garnered almost 10.5 million votes, he is a world leader, a man who managed to convince over 51% of voters twice, people rate his presidency very well – stated Marcin Mastalerek on TV Republika.

– They call themselves democrats as a joke. They dressed up in those Constitution t-shirts as a joke. They have nothing in common with democrats. Donald Tusk is the most authoritarian leader; he has proven this many times by destroying every political opponent of his. Jarosław Kaczyński is a dove of peace next to him – stated Marcin Mastalerek on TV Republika.

– It was a good day! I am grateful to President Andrzej Duda for his presence and for a speech that was extremely accurate and perfectly described today's reality. Karol Nawrocki showed strength, energy, determination – he showed true leadership. This is the kind of president Poland needs. Together towards victory! – Jarosław Kaczyński wrote on social media.

To był dobry dzień! Jestem wdzięczny prezydentowi Andrzejowi Dudzie za obecność i niezwykle celne, doskonale opisujące dzisiejszą rzeczywistość wystąpienie.
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— Jarosław Kaczyński (@OficjalnyJK) April 27, 2025